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what is the slope of the line that passes through the points (-5, 7) and( -2, 4)? Write your answer in simplest form

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(\stackrel{x_1}{-5}~,~\stackrel{y_1}{7})\qquad (\stackrel{x_2}{-2}~,~\stackrel{y_2}{4}) \\\\\\ \stackrel{slope}{m}\implies \cfrac{\stackrel{rise} {\stackrel{y_2}{4}-\stackrel{y1}{7}}}{\underset{run} {\underset{x_2}{-2}-\underset{x_1}{(-5)}}} \implies \cfrac{4 -7}{-2 +5}\implies \cfrac{-3}{3}\implies \text{\LARGE -1}

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